Comments on: From Query to Book Deal: Literary Agent Carly Watters https://booksbywomen.org/rom-query-to-book-deal-literary-agent-carly-watters-by-carly-watters/ Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Beth Gooch https://booksbywomen.org/rom-query-to-book-deal-literary-agent-carly-watters-by-carly-watters/#comment-46950 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:41:47 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14243#comment-46950 Very helpful.

]]> By: Kirtida Gautam https://booksbywomen.org/rom-query-to-book-deal-literary-agent-carly-watters-by-carly-watters/#comment-46922 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 10:18:06 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14243#comment-46922 Very useful article. Thanks Carly Watters. I am also reading your book “Getting Published in the 21st Century”. It’s a superb read. While reading the book it feels as if I am listening to a friend who loves the world of books. Your advices are superb and extremely practical.

]]> By: MM Finck https://booksbywomen.org/rom-query-to-book-deal-literary-agent-carly-watters-by-carly-watters/#comment-46889 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:42:15 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14243#comment-46889 Thanks again!

]]> By: Carly Watters https://booksbywomen.org/rom-query-to-book-deal-literary-agent-carly-watters-by-carly-watters/#comment-46884 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 15:32:32 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14243#comment-46884 In reply to MM Finck.

I am a big fan of R&Rs. It tells me that a writer knows how to revise, edit and we have similar visions.

If it’s a new client it’s usually an instant spark of excitement because I need be excited and think that I can sell it. That discoverability element is what agents are always searching for. We want to be the one with the great taste that selects the right clients.

]]> By: MM Finck https://booksbywomen.org/rom-query-to-book-deal-literary-agent-carly-watters-by-carly-watters/#comment-46881 Sun, 15 Nov 2015 22:08:49 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14243#comment-46881 What a dream story! I knew it because Taylor had told me herself, but it’s so good I read it anyway! 🙂 She is one of my very favorite authors (AFTER I DO? Omg…) so thank you for all that you do to bring her books to my kindle.

I love that you included in this post that you gave her an R&R even though you wanted her so badly. When that happened to me with my own agent, I was confused on what to think and feel because I thought it meant she must not really love it. I was looking for an agent that *loved* my voice and story. Thankfully, I had a multi-pubbed friend to tell me that R&Rs are more common than not and it didn’t mean she didn’t love my story and voice (she did. happy ending. :)). And now you just did that for all WWWB readers so thank you!!

I’m curious. Do fall in love with all of your clients’ work that instantly or are some a slower burn?

Thanks for sharing this story.
~MM

]]> By: From Query to Book Deal: Literary Agent Carly Watters | WordHarbour https://booksbywomen.org/rom-query-to-book-deal-literary-agent-carly-watters-by-carly-watters/#comment-46871 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 11:28:06 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14243#comment-46871 […] Carly Watters Here’s the story of how women’s fiction author extraordinaire Taylor Jenkins Reid and […]

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